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Collet-Klingenberg, Lana L.; Hribar, Kelsy E.; Fenwick, Delaney K. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
First year learning community (LC) freshmen entering as education majors participated in year-long activities related to service learning and leadership development. Activities included fall cohort classes with shared content, a common read, and a spring seminar that included leadership learning, fund raising, and a short-term service project in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Education Majors
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Larson, Marsha L. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2013
When addressing the ongoing shortage of family and consumer sciences (FCS) teachers, it is important to accommodate those unable to follow a traditional college program. This article describes a program that is beneficial to practicing professionals; it utilizes technology to aid in effective communication and efficiency of content delivery.…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Family Programs, Delivery Systems, Program Development
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Bianchi, William – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
As an educational media, radio has a long and complex history in the United States, but its most extensive and important use in education took place during the School of the Air (SOA) movement. From approximately 1929 to 1975, commercial broadcast networks, state universities and departments or colleges of education, and local school boards…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Music Appreciation, Audiences, Educational Media
Klausmeier, Herbert J. – 1979
In this paper, principals and other persons of innovating middle schools, junior high schools, and senior high schools associated with the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling describe the most interesting features of their schools and respond to a features checklist. They provide the names of contact persons in…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Directories, Educational Innovation, Nontraditional Education
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Howard, Terri – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2003
There are many reasons a student may become disinterested in academics and many ways they can fail in school and in society. Most educators will quickly admit nothing is more fulfilling than seeing a troubled student succeed in school and earn a diploma. The state of Wisconsin recognized this, a full decade before the No Child Left Behind Act, and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Federal Legislation, Program Descriptions, School Districts
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1978
This publication is a review of various projects and programs which have been effective in meeting the local needs of school districts throughout Wisconsin. The description of each project includes data on the target audience, assurances and claims, implementation requirements, financial requirements, and services available. Projects and programs…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Compensatory Education